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Video X-ray Study Of Swallowing

Maryland rates for HCPCS 92611

A person swallows small amounts of food and liquid mixed with a contrast material while a moving X-ray video records the process, allowing a clinician to watch exactly how well swallowing works and whether anything is going down the wrong way. It is commonly used to evaluate swallowing difficulty or a risk of food or liquid entering the airway.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Video X-ray Study Of Swallowing cost?

$95.50

Typical negotiated rate. In Maryland, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $95.50 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $95.50 from a physician practice, and about $110 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$95.50$89.13 to $117
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$110$85.11 to $562

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $110 · 10th to 90th $52 to $955Professionalmedian $95 · 10th to 90th $78 to $200
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $110professional $95

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$954.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$398.11
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$107.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$213.80
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$144.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$138.04
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$208.93
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$144.54

Where Maryland sits

The same service costs 2.4 times more in Alaska than in Washington, DC. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Maryland· 44th of 51

$95.50

AK $214DC $89.13

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.